Vietnam was a war that the U.S should never have been involved in. North Vietnam was battling for ownership of South Vietnam so that they would be a unified communist nation.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the President full militart power. They decided the President was abusing the power so the resolution was taken away...
Soldiers were out of control; killing men, women, children, and BABIES! Guilt plagued the men when they got home from the war.
Nixon was elected to office in 1968. His policy was called "Vietnamization" and called for slowly pulling troops out of Vietnam. Even while bringing these soldiers home, Nixon began to spread the war to Cambodia and Laos by bombing where several communist camps were thought to be. Protests continued until 1973, when a cease-fire was finally signed.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the President full militart power. They decided the President was abusing the power so the resolution was taken away...
Soldiers were out of control; killing men, women, children, and BABIES! Guilt plagued the men when they got home from the war.
Nixon was elected to office in 1968. His policy was called "Vietnamization" and called for slowly pulling troops out of Vietnam. Even while bringing these soldiers home, Nixon began to spread the war to Cambodia and Laos by bombing where several communist camps were thought to be. Protests continued until 1973, when a cease-fire was finally signed.